Layston
Layston is borderd by Anstey, Aspenden, Braughing, Buckland,
Great Hormead, Little Hormead,
Wakeley, Westmill & Wyddial.
Parish
Register Entries
19 Apr 1573 |
Thomas BUCKE & Alice HAMONDE |
Mar. |
23 Dec 1575 |
Alice HAMONDE d. of George |
Chr. |
21 Jun 1573 |
George HAMONDE & Agnes AYER |
Mar. |
8 Oct 1600 |
William NORTHOP & Alice HAMOND of Westmill |
Mar. |
16 Jan 1609 |
George HAMOND & Mary BULLE |
Mar. |
10 Feb 1610 |
George HAMOND & Mary BULLEN, wid. |
Mar. |
15 Apr 1628 |
William MACKERISSE & Sarah HAMONDE |
Mar. |
16 nov 1630 |
Anne HAMOND d. of Christopher & Margaret |
Chr. |
5 Aug 1694 |
Anne HAMMOND d. of Benjamin & Mary |
Chr. |
24 Dec 1700 |
William CLARK & Francis HAMOND of Braughing |
Mar. |
10 Jun 1703 |
Thomas SCOT of Bishops Stortford & Mary HAMMOND |
Mar. |
7 Dec 1704 |
Joseph HAMMOND & Jane KIRBY |
Mar. |
28 Jun 1727 |
John HAMOMND of Arkesden & Judith OSBORNE of Albury |
Mar. |
21 Sep 1727 |
Thomas MICKLEY of Wakeley & Ann HAMMOND |
Mar. |
23 Apr 1728 |
Joseph HAMMOND of Westmill & Ann HAMMOND of Westmill |
Mar. |
29 Apr 1736 |
William HAMMOND & Eliz. PRIOR |
Mar. |
9 Dec 1742 |
Frances PRYOR of Ware & Sarah HAMMOND |
Mar. |
Miscellany
The patronage of the church of St. Mary
Magdalene, Alswick, was originally in the hands of the lord of the manor of
Alswick, but when in the reign of Henry II the church of Layston was granted to
the Prior and canons of Holy Trinity, Richard FITZ WILLIAM, lord of the manor
of Alswick, made a grant to the prior of all his right in the church and
acknowledged it to be a chapel to the mother church of Layston. After the dissolution of Holy Trinity in
1531 the king sold the chapel to Sir Henry PARKER, who took for his own use the
church plate, which was valued at £6, and sold the bells and all the timber,
lead and stone of the chapel to William HAMMOND and Henry GRAVE of
Buntingford. The chapel was never
restored, but its site may still be traced on the south side of Alswick Hall.